Thi-Qar Medical Journal

Objectives: To assess the extent of NCDs
among geriatric people in Al- Nasiriyah city
together with an assessment of general health
status and the health care services provided to
this segment of the population.

Aim: To identify predictors of Helicobacter
pylori (H pylori) infectivity, Using stool
antigen test with its correlations to epigastric
abdominal pain and other gastrointestinal
Head of Department of Medicine
females were studied. H pylori stool antigen
was positive in 69 (27.2 %) and negative in 185
(72.8%)
of
the
studied
patients.
Gastrointestinal symptoms that were observed
symptoms.
Patients &methods: Patients from Al Qurna
presented to private clinic with epigastric
abdominal pain each of them has been screened
for H pylori via stool antigen test, after
evaluations of other causes of abdominal pain.
Data analysis was carried out using SPSS
version-15
Results: a total of 254
patients
142
(55.9%) were males and 112 (44.1%) were
included weight loss, loss of appetite (3.6%),
heart burn (60.6%), vomiting (28.3%), diarrhea
(7.1%), constipation (15.4%) and abdomen
distension (24%). In 59.3% of the H. pylori
antigen positive cases, the duration
of
epigastric pain was of >two weeks.
Conclusions:
logistic regression analysis
indicated that epigastric abdominal pain of >
two weeks and loss of appetite were two
significant predictors of H. Pylori infection.

BACKGROUND
Child& adolescent psychiatric disorders
are common and treatable, but oftenly go
undetected
therefore,
remain
untreated.
Epidemiological information about prevalence
of child mental health problems is essential to
inform policy and public health practice. There
have been few such studies in Arab countries
and few in Iraq.

Our aim in this study to assess the
efficacy of albuminuria in type 2 diabetes
mellitus to be as predictor and independent
marker of atherosclerosis by measurement of
carotid intimal-medial thickness (CIMT)

Out of 2680 patients who enrolled in this
study, 216 had PXF so the percentage of PXF will
be 8% in patients above 40, Mean age of the
patients is 65.43
+
13.94 year
s, range 41 to 93 years,
PXF is associated with increased incidence of
cataract (50,46%), glaucoma (8,9%), hearing loss
(11,57%), Hypertension (36,57%) and DM type II
(38,69%).

Diabetic Nephropathy (DN) poses a
major health problem. There is strong evidence
for a potential role of the eNOS gene. The aim
of this case control study was to investigate the
possible role of genetic variants of the
endothelial Nitric Oxide Synthase (eNOS) gene
(VNTR) in the pathogenesis of nephropathy in
patients with diabetes mellitus. The study
included 196 subjects (145 T2DM and 51
normal controls) T2DM were classified into 2
groups:
97 diagnosed with DN, and 48
diabetics without nephropathy and hypertension
as
+ve control. Randomly selected was
conducted to assess the association of SNP
eNOS intron 4a/b VNTR polymorphism gene
with diabetic nephropathy in Iraqi population.
Blood samples from subjects and controls were
analyzed to investigate the eNOS genotypes No
significant differences were found in the
frequency of eNOS genotypes between diabetic
patients (either in group 1 or group 2) and
controls (p >0.05). Also, no significant
differences were found in the frequency of
eNOS genotypes between group 1 and group 2
(p >0.05).

overall prevalence of IgM 51.1% this high
percentage may related to the time of sampling
which coincide with the maximum period of
infectivity which was more common in late
winter, spring, and early summer.
Regarding the association between ABO
blood groups and susceptibility to infection: the
rate of infection more among those with blood
group O+ and B+ (54.9%) and (27.5%)
respectively this is depend on the availability of
blood antigen P which act as receptors for this
virus, and highest level of HPV IgM was found
among the taxi drivers so in conclusion:
Screening for B19 virus antibodies is
recommended together with other viruses which
transmitted by blood transfusion to avoid
transmission of this important virus to
vulnerable risky group.

D dimer antigen is a unique marker of
fibrin degradation that is formed by sequential
action of three enzymes. Thrombin, factor x111a
and plasmin D dimer antigen can exist on fibrin
degradation product derived from soluble fibrin
before its incorporation in to fibrin gel or after the
fibrin clot has been degraded by plasmin. The
clinical utility of d dimer has been established in
some scenario most probably for the exclusion of
venous thrombo-embolsim. As well as emerging
area of d dimer utilization as marker of
coagulation activation in anther clinical setting.l.
Fibrinogen is soluble plasma glycoprotein that
transformed into highly self-adhesive fibrin

Objective: To present the advantages of
elimination of the residual cavity after lung
hydatid cyst removal by capitonnage associated
with closure of the bronchial openings and partial
pericystectomy via thoracotomy and to compare
our study made at Al – Hussein Teaching
Hospital in Thi-Qar governorate with those done
in other centers and hospitals in Iraq and outside
our country.
Patients: This is a retrospective study of 100
patients for whom thoracotomy for lung hydatid
cyst(s) was carried out over a period of about
three years (from 1st of January 2013 till 1st of
February 2016).
Methods: The case sheets of relevant patients
for whom thoracotomy for lung hydatid cyst(s)
were carried out were reviewed to collect
information like patient's sex, age, nature of
surgery, method of obliteration of residual cavity
after removal of hydatid cyst(s), etc…

Background: otitis media is one of the leading
causes to loss of hears if left untreated. Its
fundamental antibiotic is amoxicillin that is
widely
exposed
to
bacterial
resistance.
Alternatives such as cephalosporins have been
define
Objects:
firstly
is to
become mandatory.
the predominant bacteria that isolated from ear
mportantly is to
Secondly
and most i
discharges.
evaluate susceptibility of bacterial isolates to each
of amoxicillin, cefotaxime, ceftriaxone, and
is to compare bacterial
Thirdly
cefixime.
response to above antibiotics among each other.
Methods: this study carried out on fifty nine
infected patients with otitis media who consulted
physicians at ENT department in Al-Habboubi
General Hospital in Nasiriyah city from March
2014 to June 2014. Under aseptic conditions, all
bacterial culturing and susceptibility tests were
done. Collected data were entered into SPSS 19
and translated as o table and figures.

Purpose: To review the epidemiology of
serious ocular trauma presenting to Habobi
teaching Hospital in Thi-Qar city.
Methods: This is a retrospective epidemiological
study of ocular trauma patients admitted to Habobi
teaching hospital during a three-year period
(January2013-January2016).
Cases
were
analyzed with respect to: (1) demographics, (2)
time, place, activity during trauma and cause of
trauma, (3) examination finding.
Results: five hundred and ten patients (five
bilateral injuries) sustaining serious ocular
injury requiring hospitalization were included
during the study period. 65.5% of ocular trauma
occurred in men (P < 0.001 chi-square test) with
an average age of 23 years (ranging from 2
months to 65 years). There were 415 (81.3%)
open globe injuries and 95 (18.7%) closed globe
injuries. In open globe injuries, it is shown that
40% had corneal wound, 6.6% had limbal
wound, 24% had scleral wound, 27.8% had
corneoscleral wound, 37% had iris prolapse,
20.5% had traumatic hyphema, 29.4% had
traumatic cataract, 9.8% had IOFB, and 1% had
perforating injuries. Of the closed globe
injuries,
6.6% of patients had traumatic
hyphema, 4% had traumatic cataract, 2.7% had
subconjunctival hemorrhage and conjunctival tear,
1.9% had sublaxated lens, and 1.5% had corneal
intrastromal

injury. Most of them were with private job.
Most of the patients were children (40.6 %).
Road traffic accident was the most common
cause for head injury (62.4%). An increased
trend of injury was noticed during winter.
Clinically, mild head injury patients with
Glasgow coma scale 14-15 was the biggest
group (41.3%). Brain CT was positive in 42%
of patients only with a brain contusion as a
commonest finding, facial nerve was the
commonest cranial nerve affected, (9%) ends
with surgery, intensive care unit admission was
(34%), In- hospital mortality was (7.5%).

Background: Breast cancer is a common cancer
in female and many surgical options are
undergone for its treatment. Modified radical
mastectomy with axillary clearance is one of
the common options with certain early and late
postoperative complications. We conducted a
retrospective study to evaluate the pattern of
early
postoperative
complications
of
established breast cancer women.

Introduction: Environmental pollution caused by
heavy metals has aroused widespread concern
around the world. Fishes consider a connecting
link for the transfer of toxic metals in human
beings. Shatt AlArab is polluted by some
different sources of pollutants including power
stations, paper industry, oil refineries, and
chemical fertilizer companies and overfishing.
Accordingly the study was designed to measure
Zn, Cu, Fe and Cd concentrations in the scale,
bone, and muscle tissues of Bolti (Oreochromis
aureus) and common carp( Cyprins Carpio) fish
species in Basra, Iraq. Fishes were collected with
the help of local fisherman; ten individuals of
each species were stored in ice and transported
to the laboratory immediately for heavy metals
analysis.

The aim of the following study was to
explain the association between the infection
with Trichomonas vaginalis and preterm labor
between women with preterm labor in
Nassiriyah city \ south of Iraq by PCR
technique. The results revealed that T.
vaginalis has a role or co – factor in causing of
this action among pregnant women through
the reporting about 4.8% of infection with T.
vaginalis among this female.

the target. There is amount of energy will be
transferred to the target atom and electron in
each collision. Because the collisions are
random and discrete, statistical fluctuation is
expected in the number of collisions. [1, 2]
variance of stopping power will be studied
because of the statistical nature for the
stopping power quality. The threshold effect
describes the energy loss and straggling in a
single crystal in channeling they found a mass
effect
between channeled protons and
neutrons in the relative straggling values. [3,
4].